Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2017 No. 18
Social Security
The Income Support (Work-Related Activity) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
Made
16th January 2017
Laid before Parliament
20th January 2017
Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1.
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2A(1), (3), (6) and (8), 2D(1), (4)(a), (b), (d), (f) and (h) and (5) to (8) and (9)(c), 2E(3)(a) and (b), (4), (5)(a) and (d), 2G(2)(a) and (4), 2H, 165(1) and (4) to (6) and 167(1) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1), Articles 2, 10(1) and 11(3) and (6) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(2), sections 11E(1)(a), 13(1) and (2)(a) and 24(1) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007(3) and Articles 5, 25(1)(a) and 48(1) and (2) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015(4).
Those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015(5).
1992 c. 8; (“the 1992 Act”); Section 2A was inserted by Article 54 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)) and relevant amendments were made by sections 3 and 29 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 13 (N.I.)); section 2A(8) is cited for the meaning of “specified”, “work-focused interview” and “the designated authority”; sections 2D to 2H were inserted by section 2(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010; section 167(1) is cited for the meaning of “prescribe” and “regulations”.
S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10); Article 2 was amended by section 55(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2 (N.I.)).
2007 c. 2 (N.I.); Section 11E was inserted by Article 63(2) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1)); section 24(1) was amended by Article 63(4) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 and is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”.
S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1). Article 5 is cited for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
Functions under or for the purposes of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 are vested in the Department for Communities by virtue of Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.)).